So, culling by paid "expert marksmen" was selected because it was the only thing politically acceptable. We could have generated a lot of revenue by selling tags and allowing hunters to do the culling, but we ended up paying to have the elk removed using the same methods hunters would have used. Makes no sense when you look at it rationally but then again, rational thought rarely enters the picture in these things.
They had too many deer at nearby Selfridge ANGB. They had to bring in USDA "expert marksman" there. The funny thing was, the head NCO in charge of security was an former Marine who'd been to sniper school, was an NRA Master and was Distinguished and P100. He could shoot circles around the people that they brought in.
